Under the Scarlet Moon
Phonic: Chapter Four suckers!
Sakuya: Ah… After this the rest of us from the Mansion won't be seen as much.
Phonic: Don't worry! I'll go back to you guys from time to time~
Patchouli: Thank you, we would appreciate it. I'm sure the fans would too.
Meiling: Although, this story does focus more on Mistress Remilia.
Flandre: Onee-sama is the main character!
Phonic: So are you Flandre! You make a big shining moment soon!
Remilia: Spoiling is no fun. *sips tea*
Phonic: …Oh hush up Remi! To make sure no one is confused, the start of this story is right after the Scarlet Mist incident!
Meiling: Enjoy this chapter everyone! Blue doesn't own anything but the storyline!
~A little mild Remilia x Sakuya scene just to warn some of you~
*Scourge From Bloodclan: Oh I really hope you'll like this story its filled with plot twists and surprises xD Hope I don't give anyone a heart attack GOSH!
*Lunatic-Over'9000'Lord: Glad to see ya so into my story! Its exciting and amusing to see what you people review!
*Chapter Four: An Eternity More Transient than Scarlet, Under the Scarlet Moon
"No! This can't be happening!" I sat on my knees staring at my scratched up legs, growling to myself. I gripped my tattered dress and shook my head. "I can't lose to this pathetic human… I, Remilia Scarlet the Scarlet Devil, lost to this woman?"
"…" Reimu stared at me, the broken and torn vampire, as I kept shaking my head in disbelief.
"I-I can't… I promised everyone we could be happy…" I struggled to stand on my feet as I looked up at the sky; the scarlet mist I created began to vanish. I tried to push myself off the ground with my hands, with no process. I did nothing but stare at the floor.
"Remilia, you lost so just let go of your pride for once." Reimu held a hand down towards me and I blinked at it as she smiled like a goddess. "Let me help."
I stared in disbelief, but I took her hands. She slowly helped me stand as I stared down at my torn clothing. I couldn't fight anymore, so why was I denying my own Fate? It had come to this, so I had to accept it. I felt as if all along my morals had been wrong. I can't even act like my old prideful self right now. I just want to relax and get better. I wanted to apologize to Patchy, Sakuya, China, and Flandre… I wanted to beg for them to forgive me for ever wrapping them up in this mess and getting hurt just for my stupid desires.
"Reimu, forgive me." I whispered as she held onto my hand, walking me down a corridor slowly. "I now realize how foolish my actions were."
"Kinda noticed a bit too late Remilia." Reimu chuckled as she kept a tight grip on my hand to avoid me from stumbling. "It's alright, I corrected your errors."
I smiled at the Shrine Maiden as she smiled at me.
"I'm sure my friends have already taken your friends to the Shrine. Did you… Want to come over for tea?"
I blinked at the girl in red as she smiled warmly. "Yes, I would love that. My throat is rather dry and I'm parched." I closed my eyes and sighed, letting my shaking legs finally stand on their own proudly. "Thank you Reimu."
"It's alright, just don't do something like this again. As long as you don't do evil again, we can be… friends." Reimu smiled once more and I chuckled.
"No promises Shrine Maiden."
"Milady Remilia!"
I looked up as Reimu opened the doors to her Shrine. Sakuya, Patchy, and Meiling stood as they saw me, but Flandre sat asleep in Marisa's lap. I looked at their bandages and gulped.
"I-I'm sor-." I started, but Patchy shook her head.
"Don't you dare say those words. It was our fault for not being strong enough." Patchy smiled a real smile that I hadn't seen on her face for a long time. "Don't start a pity party."
"Mistress, I'll get stronger so no one has to get hurt again." Meiling smiled. "So don't be so down. It's not like you."
"Milady, as long as we are all alive we'll serve you until the bitter end. We'll die with proud smiles on our faces. Until then, we'll accept our loosing punishments." Sakuya tilted her head, closed her eyes, and smiled beautifully.
"So, what's our punishment?" Meiling asked, standing beside Patchy and Sakuya closely. Reimu and Marisa stared in shock at the loyalty, but I had no idea what to do. I finally felt something wet trickle down my face and my hands tremble.
"I-I just…" I bit my lip, let my pride go, and broke out in tears like a baby. "I want you all to never leave my side understand? I'll drag you from Hell back to my mansion do you hear?"
The three stared at me, because I never cried in my life. This is the first time I had cried, and it was willingly. I didn't care who saw and I didn't care how I sounded. I flung myself into Sakuya's arms, wailing and sobbing. She hugged me tightly and Meiling threw herself at us. Patchy sighed and joined our hug, making me cry harder. Marisa grabbed a tissue and began to rub her eyes.
"That's a family right there, ze…" Marisa sobbed softly and Reimu rolled her eyes.
"You sure can take the seriousness out of a nice scene." Reimu laughed and Marisa pouted at her. I got out of the hug and turned to Flandre, who was still asleep and torn up.
"…Flan." I walked to her and Marisa lifted her, placing her in my arms. I sat by my teacup and let a few tears fall into it. "I've always been such a terrible sister to you… I'll make it all up one day I promise."
I rubbed my cheeks against her forehead and kissed softly. "Flandre Scarlet, I love you."
I sat up from my dream and sighed, staring at the walls. I touched my cheeks and no tears. I looked at my lap at my dress, fiddling with it. Since that day, I hadn't shed a single tear. I never wanted to cry again. That day felt like an eternity, like my crying wouldn't ever stop. When it did, the morning came and I was still whimpering into Sakuya's outfit, gripping onto her maid uniform for dear life as if someone would take her away. We spent an entire week at Reimu's but I hadn't forgiven myself. I still hadn't forgiven myself entirely to this day because I still kept Flan away. She never woke up that entire week, when we went back to the mansion I was still torn up emotionally. I didn't know what I was thinking, so I threw Flan back down into the basement and hadn't seen her since. It felt like millions of years had passed since…
After a while, I couldn't remember what Flan looked like unless I saw a picture or one of her drawings she had doodled for me. She was a perfect artist for a little girl, I loved all her work. However, I had thrown all her drawings in a box, put a magic spell on them, and threw them in my closet. I felt sick when I thought about Flandre because I have been such a terrible sister to her all her life.
I wanted to say sorry, but I knew that wasn't enough. So until I think of a way to make it all up to her, I have to keep her down there…
"I'm so pathetic." I chuckled, laying back. "I should've let Reimu kill me."
"Milady, your tea."
I looked up at Sakuya, who entered the room. I smiled at her and swung my legs off the bed.
"Good morning Sakuya." I peeped happily, but Sakuya didn't return the joy I was having.
"Good morning Milady." She responded bluntly, pouring tea into a cup and handing it to me. "Did you sleep well?"
"Yes, I did, but I am still sleepy. However, I've got two little Youkai to hunt down and get my answers out of." I stretched and let out a relaxed sighed, staring at the curtains that blocked the sunlight. "Why's the sun so damn bright?"
"Meiling is packing all of your things, so after your tea are you leaving?" Sakuya pulled out a small plate of a breakfast foods splattered with blood. She handed it to me and I took it, cutting slowly into my pancakes.
"Yes, it'll take me forever to get to the Bamboo Forest. It should take about two days to get there." I sighed at the thought of the long flight/walk as I chewed my pancakes down. "Then I have to find my way through, which hopefully shouldn't take long."
"I see…" Sakuya spoke softly as I finished my bloody pancakes and started on my bacon. "Do you think I could accompany you Milady?"
I closed my eyes as soon as those words went past her lips. "No, stay here and protect Flandre."
"Milady, what if you get hurt? No one can care for you!" Sakuya stood up, staring at me. I looked away and put my food down.
"I can care for myself Sakuya, you know that." I answered her bitterly, but Sakuya wouldn't stop.
"I know you're strong Milady, but you can't always fight alone!"
"Yes I can and you can't stop me."
"Milady just listen to me."
"No Sakuya, listen to me. You will stay here and protect Flandre. Do you understand that?"
Sakuya bit her lip and looked down. "Milady…"
I merely stood up, gulped down my tea, and wiped my lips with a napkin. "Sakuya, I'll be okay, I promise. I'll be on my guard ten times as usual for you."
"You're so famous Milady, if people see you on the streets they may pounce on you." Sakuya rubbed her arms and I blinked at her.
"Silly commoners don't matter." I laughed, waving my hand. I flapped my wings and flew into Sakuya's face. "Don't tell me Sakuya wants to declare her undying forbidden love for me before I go like some lame romantic drama show~."
"M-Milady don't tease me!" She peeped, a blush spreading across her face. I laughed at her reaction.
This was the real Sakuya. The Sakuya only I knew of. She let me see every inch of her real self and I liked it. She was my very best friend, like another younger sister.
"Will you at least visit Milady?" Sakuya asked, her blush vanishing. I looked at the time, realizing it was time for me to go.
"Yeah Sakuya, I'll visit, but no promises."
"Thank you Milady, you're too kind."
I smiled and gave my maid a swift kiss to the cheek.
Sakuya stammered her words and I left her there, chuckling into my hand.
"Mistress, I packed all of your items carefully. I only packed six bottles of blood, so please restock regularly if you can. I also packed a lot of money in case you wanted to have some relaxing nights out. There are towels for your baths and um…"
"China, calm down it's not like I'm leaving forever." I crossed my arms at my redhead gatekeeper and sighed. "I'll probably be back in like two weeks tops ."
"I drew out a map for you." Patchy handed me a scroll and a book. "In case you have time to study, I put some notes together about how to get to the places you need to get to in a quick fashion."
"Thanks Patchy." I nodded and tucked the map in my small cute bat shaped bag. Sakuya blushed at me and I smirked.
"Be sure to keep feeding Flandre three meals a day and two snacks a day Sakuya. China, read her bed time stories and Patchy make sure her powers are stable every two to three hours." I told them as they all nodded.
"I'm gonna miss you Mistress." Meiling rubbed her teary eyes and I shook my head.
"Stay strong Gatekeeper, if I hear even one person breaks into my Scarlet Devil Mansion, I'll suck one whole entire pint of your blood." I crossed my arms and Meiling gasped.
"A-A whole pint? Is that a lot Patchouli?!" Meiling looked at the magician in fear as I laughed. Meiling rubbed her neck and gulped, mumbling something about her iron levels dropping and her neck being punctured.
"Remi, be safe. Don't do anything foolish that'll get you into trouble." Patchy warned, but I waved my hand in response.
"I'm always in trouble." I told her and she frowned. "Fine, I'll be careful."
"Good luck Milady." Sakuya bowed and I nodded.
"I'll miss you and your tea Sakuya." I smiled a bit and grabbed my pink parasol with a small cute bat on top with chibi bat designs on it. "I'll see you all soon."
I walked past the gates and then stopped as the gates began to close. I opened the parasol and then turned.
My head hesitated, but I didn't look back at the tiny family I had under my Devil feet.
"Tell Flandre I'll be alright." I told Sakuya. "Promise?"
"Of course Milady." Sakuya smiled and the gates closed. I walked ahead and into the forest of the Misty Lake.
*Elsewhere*
"Grow my pretty flowers~." A woman with beautiful green hair twirled around the sunflower garden with joy from the sun's rays. "My little darlings are growing as perfect as always."
"Don't you think we should be doing something more productive?" A blonde little girl wearing a red dress sighed and looked at the sky with a bored expression.
"Hey, don't sulk around the happy flowers with your gloomy attitude my little cutie." The woman spoke to the girl. "It's only a matter of time before we get visitors one day."
"You say that like you like having people near your flowers. Every time someone comes to visit you kill them." The girl pouted, sitting up from the pure green grass. The woman stopped sprinkling water on her sunflowers and turned to her.
"Medicine, let's not let the flowers die." The woman smiled and sat next to her blonde friend, Medicine.
"Do you think the Youkai Slayer person is the one who's been chopping down our flowers recently?" Medicine asked. When she got no response, she looked over at the green haired woman. "Hey Yuuka, did you hear me?!"
Yuuka stared at her flowers and growled. "I don't know who's been taking our flowers. However, I will punish that person for their sins of taking away my beautiful flowers."
Bam! Yes, I love making endings like that!
These are so fun to write! I'm having a blast!
I love letting Remilia cry at the beginning of the story. I just always thought that's how close the member of the Scarlet Devil Mansion would be.
Well… It's all fun and games until I get writer's block...
Ahem anyways, I go back to school tomorrow, but I'll keep updating ASAP!
Thanks for reading!